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   Bethany Black (bethanyblack@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 17:45:32 JST Bethany Black

   There’s a rhetorical device called the “Gish Gallop” where you take control by launching a whole series of accusations in one go so that if the opponent doesn’t refute them all the audience will think you won.

   Because of the cadence and alliteration I never pronounce “gallop” like gallop in my head, it’s always g’llop

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     Bethany Black (bethanyblack@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 00:24:59 JST Bethany Black

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     • Chris Jolly Holcomb

     @ReverendMoose it sounds SO wrong, every time I hear it I have to change it in my head over and over for days

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     Chris Jolly Holcomb (reverendmoose@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 00:25:01 JST Chris Jolly Holcomb

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     @BethanyBlack yeah it would sound weird to hear it pronounced like the thing horses do.